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Assistant Professor
Yifei Zhang
Ph.D. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics
Research Interests: Corporate Finance and Governance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Firm Organization, Corporate Innovation
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0755-2603 2549
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tseyifeizhang@phbs.pku.edu.cn
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Office: Rm. 635, PHBS Building
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CV
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Biography
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, 2016 Sep – 2022 Jun.
Dissertation Committee: Ulrich Hege, Milo Bianchi, Florian Ederer, Merih Sevilir, and Edith Ginglinger
Visiting PhD Student, Yale University SOM, 2019 Sep – 2020 Jan.
M.A. Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, 2015 Sep – 2016 Jun.
M.A. Economics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2012 Sep – 2014 Jun.
B.A. Economics, Shanghai Normal University, 2008 Sep – 2012 Jul.
Working Papers
The Impact of Corporate Climate Action on Capital Markets: Evidence from Green Patent Lottery, withUlrich Hege (TSE) and Sébastien Pouget (TSE) [SSRN Link Coming Soon]
 
Corporate Venture Capital and Firm Scope [SSRN Link]
Presented on AFA 2022, EFA 2022, MFA 2022, EFA (Doctoral Tutorial) 2021, EasternFA, 2021
 
Activism Pressure and The Market for Corporate Assets, with Ulrich Hege (TSE) [SSRN Link]
Presented on AFA 2020

Presentation
2022 SHUFE, Peking University (HSBC Business School), University of Amsterdam (cancelled), Chinese University of Hong Kong (cancelled), BI Norwegian Business School (cancelled), Singapore Management University (cancelled), American Finance Association, MidWest Finance Association, European Finance Association
 
2021 WINDS (Wharton), Eastern Finance Association, European Finance Association, WEFI Student Workshop, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Monash University
 
2020 Paris Dauphine Finance Workshop, Econometrics Society European Winter Meeting

Awards
TSE Job Market Scholarship, 2021
AFA 2020 (San Diego) PhD Student Travel Grant, 2020.
EUR Mobility Grant (Visiting Yale SOM) – Toulouse School of Economics, 2019.
The Marty Weinbaum Award for Academic Achievement – State University of New York at Stony
Brook, 2014.
Scholarship for Academic Excellence – Shanghai Normal University, 2010 – 2012.